Section 33-1-307 - Departmental information systems - Report(a) The department shall establish a structured information system to gather all data necessary to carry out its duties with respect to planning, needs assessment, standard setting, evaluation, and promotion of the development of services and supports for the service recipient population, including persons who may become service recipients. The department shall design the system to avoid duplication of information gathering by other public agencies and to minimize acquisition of personally identifiable service recipient information. All public and private providers who serve persons with mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, regardless of whether the provider is licensed under this title or other titles of the code or is unlicensed, shall provide the information required for the information system in a way consistent with this title and other laws.(b) Beginning in 2024, the department shall submit to the members of the general assembly, by February 15 of each year, a report of data collected related to the use of medication-assisted treatment for opiate addiction by department-funded providers in this state for the prior fiscal year. The report must include information on:(1) The use of medication-assisted treatment in department-administered recovery courts; and(2) Medication-assisted treatment paid for with grant dollars, direct or indirect appropriations, and expenditures of state and federal dollars.Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 18, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 846, s 1, eff. 4/20/2022.